ArHiFF: Tears, Pillow & You! Chp 15 - Pg 82 31/05 - Page 10

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Hello all ya lovely people readers!! Here is part 5.. Thank you for your patience :)... This chapter may seem a bit confusing at times. I don't want to reveal all of their past at one go.. so we'll see that bit by bit was the story progresses. So if you have any questions for found something a little confusing.. please free to ask questions.. i'll try to answer the best I can! Please do leave your views! The keep me going!! 😊...

And a shout out to my lovely editor curiousbookworm.. ie Alina! :D Thank you love!

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Part 5 - Did You Say Friends?

It was a while before Khushi realized what she had done. She had dreamt of doing so many times. She might have even designed various scenarios in her head of how she would react if she saw ever him again, what she would say, what she would do, all of it. The slap had been her number one priority and even imagining it brought her great joy. He deserved much more than that, however a slap would do enough damage to his man-ego, which was the size of Burj Khalifa (tallest structure in the world). Imagining various ways of inflicting pain to him, albeit none too great or inhumane, gave a little peace to her broken heart and a much-needed laugh.

However none of her imagined scenarios came close to reality. She had least expected to meet him in Paris again and of all places, here, her favourite spot. She might have dreamt of slapping him, but she had never intended on doing it. In fact if it were up to her, she never wanted to see him again. And god forbid, she did, if ever, she would refuse to recognize him, that was the real plan, you know hurt his ego? She would pretend she had never met him.

But when does ever life go as planned? She met him. She met him when she had least expected it. And things certainly didn't go down as planned. Now as she faced him, she had no idea how to answer his question. She wasn't sure if she could handle a conversation with him. But she was sure as hell of one thing. She would not give him the satisfaction of seeing her in pain. If he was heartless, she was rock solid too now. She had no choice.

So she stood tall and gathered all her courage, "Don't tell me you didn't deserve it," she managed to say icily. "I'd rather be kissing concrete floor right now rather than facing you."

He stared right into her eyes a tad bit longer, seeming to dwell on what she had said a little longer than necessary.

"Hmm' May be I did?" he finally said.

"Would you rather I let you fall to you death. You should be bloody glad I saved you. So, no I don't think so Ms. Khushi Gupta! I just saved your life, so may be, no definitely, a thank you is in order."

"Thank you? Yeah right!" Khushi retorted, "for what?" "You know better yourself. Just be glad it was just a slap and nothing more."

Khushi's insistence on keeping up the barrier between them angered Arnav further. He had taken her slap without a fuss. Under any other circumstances, he would have been raging with anger. No one could touch Arnav Singh Raizada, if he didn't want it, let alone slap. But the nerve of this girl!!, Surely things did not end between them on the best of terms, but he did not expect this. He expected never to see he again, though deep down he had secretly wanted to but he would never admit that to himself. Perhaps she was the sole reason; he had detested his trip to France. He was only afraid of the memories, but he did not expect to see the ghost of his past in human flesh!

"Look Khushi, I already told you I am sorry for what happened. Yeah I was at fault, and I admitted it. I let you go. But you do know I could have done anything I liked," Arnav tried to reason only pushing Khushi's buttons even further.

"Yeah right I forgot, your oh-so-great sacrifice. You are such a dog Arnav. Oops! No I take that back. At least they are loyal and trustworthy," she retorted.

"What the hell Khushi. You know what I don't have time to listen to your immature crap. You were right I shouldn't have saved you. May be that fall might have knocked some sense into you", he said in a fit of anger.

"Yeah, may be you shouldn't have," replied Khushi in the same demeanor as she took a step backwards. Khushi's so called "good" day was about to get even better. As she stepped backwards, she felt herself losing her balance yet again. In her fit of anger, she didn't realize that she had backed into the stairwell leading up to the Palais (As you may recall, she takes up the stairs to get to her fav spot). She yelped as she desperately tried to gain her balance. In doing so she inadvertently put her hands around his arm.

"Oh hell," muttered Arnav. "How in the world was this girl still alive," he wondered. Yet again, he put her arms around her waist to steady her. He pulled her up in a hurry. Khushi being Khushi stumbled yet again. While trying to steady her herself, she did not realize how close she and Arnav had gotten.

For a moment she completely forgot that she hated him. For a moment, she was in the past. She really wanted to him to hug her, to make it all better and be like they used to be. Khushi could barely finish her thought before he actually did. He put his arms her back and engulfed her into a warmest hug she had had in the past year.

Was she dreaming? She couldn't be sure. Everything felt so right in his arms. She was at home. She did not realize how much time had passed while they stood embracing. A gusty flow of wind broke her trance. Utterly shocked at her behavior, she began to untangle herself from his arms.

She opened her mouth to accuse him yet again, but he beat her to it, "Khushi, I thought we were friends. You said so yourself. Why are you acting this way? I thought you forgave me."

It took a while for Khushi to remember what had occurred. He had broken her heart and she had agreed to be his friend. She was THE great martyr Khushi Kumari Gupta after all. She also remembered her promise to be there for him, if he ever needed her. She had intended to keep it but then she had not known what she knew now. She would have never have agreed to be his friend had she been privy to the real Arnav Singh Raizada. For her, he was perfection, the one and her all. He made sure she believed it too. Alas, she did make a promise. He may not be a man of his words; regardless she was a lady or hers!

"Khushi, say something!" he spoke again.

"Friends you say?" she finally said after a long-long pause.

"I can do friends" she spoke with much needed conviction, "but you are forgetting Arnav. You don't know how to be a friend."

"Come on Khushi, can we please drop the past. We have met after one year. Can't we be at least cordial to each other?"

He looked so sincere as he spoke. Khushi didn't have it in her any longer to argue after the night's events nor was it the place to. Not wanting to cause a scene, she reluctantly agreed, "Fine."

Up Next: See you!

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PS.. I can't contain my excitement. I cannot wait to see what happens to ArHi next week!.. ah.. ensue angst!

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Chapter 6

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Waiting waiting 4 the nxt part!! Good parts coming our wY

Originally posted by: bhaktiii

Waiting waiting 4 the nxt part!! Good parts coming our wY

that was a nice update!! Pls do continue soon!